A woman in her 70s who was murdered by her former romantic partner right after the tracking of his electronic monitoring device ended has been confirmed to have been under police high-risk management for relationship-oriented crimes.
Police stated today (Nov. 5) that the victim in her 70s, who was killed by her former partner at a multi-family housing unit in Bulgwang-dong, Seoul, around 6:00 a.m., was a designated Grade A subject for relationship crime monitoring.
Grade A management subjects are victims of relationship-oriented crimes who have three or more 112 emergency calls and case reports respectively, for whom police contact them once a month to check on their safety.
Previously in July, the deceased victim in her 70s reported the perpetrator, a man in his 60 surnamed A, to the police. While the police applied for an arrest warrant for A on charges including violations of the Stalking Punishment Act, it was revealed that a prosecutor declined to request it.
In response, the police explained that they applied for provisional measures allowing detention in a detention center and the attachment of an electronic location-tracking device, holding A in a detention center from late July for about a month, and keeping the electronic device attached until October 22 following his release.
It was reported that A went to find his former partner and committed the crime as soon as his electronic anklet wearing period expired, and A is also known to have sustained critical injuries after attempting self-harm immediately following the crime.
The police, who conducted a comprehensive inspection of relationship-oriented crimes for 12 days from October 19 to 30, previously stated that out of 15,840 cases under investigation, approximately 32%, or 5,068 cases, were classified as high risk, for which they applied for 376 arrest warrants, 506 detentions and other measures, and 321 electronic device attachments respectively.
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